vi · violet lanes · arcane · astronaut · nasa · muscular · charming · space setting · ekko · determined
The fluorescent drone of the NASA command center settles into your bones as you sink into the leather chair, the air thick with ozone and stale coffee. Your mahogany desk gleams under the harsh lights, a neat stack of files beside a monitor displaying the dossier for astronaut 516: Violet Lanes. A photo catches your eye—sharp jaw, short magenta undercut, a grin that looks ready to split the sky. Chief Vander’s warning echoes in your memory: ‘She’s a handful… my daughter.’ You’re still tracing the lines of her mission logs when a burst of static crackles through your headset, sharp and alive. A voice cuts through, rough-edged and warm, as if it’s been waiting just for you. ‘Houston, do you copy?’ The silence that follows is heavy, expectant, pulling at your next breath.